Floor mop



Jan. 13, 1948. J. E. HAWLEY FLOOR MOP Filed June 16, 1939 Si! vINVENTOR.

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Patented Jan. 13, 1948 UNITED FLOOR Moi James Edward Hawley, Aughton,Ormskirk, England Application June 16, 1939, Serial No. 279,457 In GreatBritain June 18, 1938 Section 3, Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patentexpires June 18, 1958 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to mop-like devices or appliances for use incleaning or polishing floors, and the like, and of the type in which thehead of the mop is rotatably mounted on a handle or stale, or a socketwhereto the stale may be secured (all hereinafter for convenience ofreference designated stale) so as to permit the mop to rotate on meetingany obstruction in the path of its movement; and the object of thepresent invention i to provide improvements in the construction of suchmops whereby the mop head is enabled to freely rotate about the stale,whether or not it meets with an obstruction, so as to facilitate thecleaning or polishing of a floor.

A mop-like device or appliance of the type referred to and according tomy invention is characterised in that a head piece or frame shaped tocarry the polishing or cleaning material of the mop is also constructedto provide an interior portion whereto is secured a bearing component orcomponents, other bearing component or components being secured to theloWer portion of the stale about which the mop head revolves; thearrangement being such that said head piece or frame revolves about asingle axis through the cooperation of said bearing components inpreventing angular displacement between the head piece or frame and thestale.

I will further describe my invention with the aid of the accompanyingsheet of explanatory drawings which illustrate, by way of example only,one mode of embodying same.

In said drawings- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the mop complete, and

Fig. 2 i a similar View, the polishing or cleaning material having beenremoved from the mop head or frame.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of a fragment of the mop, drawn to anenlarged scale as compared with the preceding views, illustrating themode of revolubly connecting the mop head or frame with the stale.

In the drawings, (1 indicates a wooden stale fitted with rubber handgrips b, b. Secured to an end of said stale is a metal socket c wheretois removably and rigidly secured an appropriately bent metal rod To thelower or spindle portion 0 of rod 0 are spacedly secured inner racecomponents 01, d, of a double ball bearing.

Gripped around an outer race component 6 of the bearing is a rigidcentral ring part I of an open frame of plate metal bent to also providea substantially triangular portion F, the double interior arm portions fextending from and supporting the bearing carrying ring I being securedtogether, as by welding. The passage of ring-part f is at right anglesto the plane of said frame. Caps 9, g are fitted to the bearing toprevent access of dust and retain lubricant, cap 9 being provided with acentral aperture g for passage of spindle 0 The fabric hem h providing apassage I2 of a cotton mop of known construction it is removablythreaded onto said frame part I by way of the frame opening f When themop is being used said frame with the polishing or cleaning materialwill readily revolve about a single axis, 1. e., the spindle c of stalea (through the co-operation of said bearing components in preventingangular displace-.

ment between the head piece or frame and the stale) on contact withobstructions, and so effectively polish the surface behind same. At thesame time the fabric hem h prevents damage by the frame to thefurniture, said hem being suitably padded for this purpose.

A further advantage possessed by my appliance resides in the fact thatthe mop is self-revolving when passed over a floor by the user, i.e.,apart from contact with an obstacle, and which rotary movement improvesits polishing efficiency.

It will be obvious that various alterations or modifications may be madeto a mop constructed in accordance with this invention; for instance,the head or frame carrying the polishing or cleaning material may be ofany desired shape or configuration, and may be formed by a sheet metalstamping or of other convenient construction.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A mop-like device of the type referred to and which comprises a stale, aframe bent from a single piece of metal and having its free ends spacedapart to provide an opening to enable the hem of the usual cleaningmaterial to be threaded onto said frame; a rigid ring-shaped portionsituated substantially centrally Within said frame and providing apassage at right-angles to the normally horizontal plane of said frame,said ring-shaped portion being shaped shaped from an integral inwardlyextending portion of said frame; a normally vertically disposed spindlerigidly extending from said stale and rigidly held Within saidring-shapedv portion to form a single axis about which said framerevolves; complementary bearing components interposed between saidring-shaped portion and said spindle, one of said components being se- 34 cured to said spindle and another secured with- UNITED STATES PATENTSin said ring-shaped portlonz the arrangement being such that said framerevolves solely about Number a e Date said axis through the co-operationof said bear- 1,158,846 Punch Nov. 2,1915 mg components in preventingangular displace- 5 7, HeFtZberg Oct. 13, 1931 ment between said frameand stale spindle. 2,034,455 Balrd Mar. 17, 1936 JAMES EDWARD HAWLEY.,09 69 Brell Sept. '7, 1937 REFERENCES CITED N FORCEIGI: PATENTS D t unr a e The following references are of record in the 1E23 Greg? BritgmFeb. 10, 1920 file of this patent:

